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It depends on how you applied the paint. I always blow dry each color shot except for painted eyes, which take at least an hour to air dry. I've applied D2T over blow dried paint immediately, no problem. But most often, I glue the lip in with D2T after painting and the bait gets at least a couple of hours before dipping in DN. The delay between painting and DN is because there are other steps to take care of, not because I think there needs to be additional paint cure time.

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Thanks guys. I know it seems this dawned on me a little late seeing as how I've been finishing lures a couple months now. I do blow dry each coat of paint after applying it and then try to heat set the Createx when I finish painting. Just wanted to be sure I wasn't rushing things.

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Hit the D2 with the blow dryer while it is still in the syringe. Hit the lure a little with the blow dryer after you apply the D2 and quickly stick it on the wheel. It will smooth out and look like glass...

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What about when your using DN? Read one of Rookies post and he said to heat set the paint and then wait 24 hours before applying the Dick Nites. Reason I ask is that I will be switching back to DN as soon as he gets it ready.

Ben

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is it absolutely necessarily to heat set the paint? in fact my question is "does it make the paint stick better to the underlayer?" or it is ok to wait for the water in the paint to dry? I ask because I paint more lures in one step so before I get back to the first one the paint is dried

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is it absolutely necessarily to heat set the paint? in fact my question is "does it make the paint stick better to the underlayer?" or it is ok to wait for the water in the paint to dry? I ask because I paint more lures in one step so before I get back to the first one the paint is dried

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Air drying versus heat drying. JMHO, it probably doesn't matter. My attitude is we're just getting the color on; the durable clearcoat is what's gonna keep it on the bait. It will stay on exactly as long as the clearcoat is intact and will come off immediately if the clearcoat fails, heat cured or not. That said, I always blow dry paint so I can move on to the next color asap.

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Thanks for the input guys. If I seem a little obsessive about some of this stuff it's just because I'd hate to finally get a paint job that deserves clear coating only to have the clear coat fail and ruin the bait because I didn't finish it correctly.